Experts

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Political Scientist

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy, RIAC Expert

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation. Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus, RIAC Expert

RIAC Expert

Ph.D. in History, Associate professor, Department of Diplomacy, Vice-Rector for HR Policy, MGIMO University

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

RIAC Expert

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University, RIAC Expert

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

MA, Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert and blogger

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Master of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Program jointly with UIBE (Beijing): “Russian and China: Economic and Political Trends in Eurasia”

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

Independent expert

Independent Analyst

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute